May madness.....

It has been a long awaited update......I am very sorry to all of you who have been waiting to hear what’s going on in my life. I am still alive and kicken. Life here has been changing all around me. I am entering a season of people leaving me. Friends that I have grown to really enjoy, appreciate even glean from are heading back to thier friends and families at home. It’s going to be a hard transition but I trust that the Lord is already and will take good care of me as He always does.

Now for the nitty gritty......
KIDS- the kids have started their new school. It is an all thai school that is on the Rajapat University grounds. It’s a very good school and the kids are getting quite settled in. They have different uniforms for each day and different books for each day so I think it’s harder on us to figure out who wears what and puts what in their backpacks. They are really enjoying being emmersed into thai. It’s really good for them too. So when the kids are in school we have just two kids at home, Mai and Josiah. They are loving all of the attention on these days! This is really good for these guys too. We will start a kindy for them as soon as we find someone who really wants to teach and also wants to serve at Baan Nam Jai. Susie is in the process of getting in the school to start teaching english which will be really good for her thai and also get her more involved in the community. The kids are thriving so much lately now that we have a steady staff that has been here for 6+ months. They know that we aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. That’s been really good to see.
STAFF- we are about to enter into a change of admin. staff here pretty soon. Luke and Penny Wilcox (Paul and Penny Wilcox, the directors of BNJ, their son and daughter in law) will be heading back to Australia in August. My house mates, Dave and Jess, will also be heading back to Australia a couple weeks before Luke and Penny. So we are in need of staff in the office. We are praying that we will get more thai staff as well as foreign staff for all of the thai and english e.mails, files, etc. can be taken care of well. I am sad to see these guys go. But am excited to see who God is going to bring to serve here. I am praying for some long-termers so that I don’t have to keep saying goodbye.
ME- I know you guys are waiting to hear about what’s going on in my life.....well, the above topics involve me very much. But I am also entering into a different phase of my time here. I am starting what is called C-and-L. This stands for Culture and Language staff. YWAM, the organization that I am with, likes to shorten everything into letters. So I will pretty much be studying thai 4 days a week. I will be doing morning shifts at BNJ with the kids 4 days a week and will be starting training to take over the child and staff sponsership program. That basically means that I will be in charge of all of the people who sponser the kids here and the staff. I am guessing that it means I keep track of what money comes for who and keep them updated on how each child and staff is doing. So I will have a lot on my plate. I am excited about this change but am also a bit hesitant about all of the change that is coming. As much as I love to be doing new things and live clear across the world I don’t absolutely love change. I am a very routine girl and love taking the same way to work and to the market and to town. I’m not a big explorer because I hate getting lost and hate not knowing where I am going. So this is going to be good but also a little stressful. Also I am entering a weird time in my little thai life here. I think I am getting more settled in here and am feeling a bit apathetic at times. All of the newness is wearing off and I have found days where I wake up and am not excited to go to work.....WORK.....yeah, it feels like work somedays. I know all of this is normal but I don’t want it to feel like work. I really want to be excited to wake up in the morning and go see the kids. I know it’s the enemy but I really am not liking this phase. So when you get a chance really pray for me. Pray that I won’t feel like I am just going to a job. Pray that I will be disciplined with my days and really take time to really be greatful for this place that I am in and what God has me doing here. I can not live this life here on my own. I need the Lord to walk me through each day. That takes being intentional and disciplined and those I lack very much so. Also for those of you who don’t know I am now driving the roads of Chiang Rai on a beautiful chocolate brown Fino made by yamaha. I love having the freedom to get around whenever I want. Her name is Milo. Milo is a chocolate drink here.......kind of like Ovaltine. Thai people love Milo!! So I felt that was an appropriate name for her. That pretty much wraps that up......I will give a list of prayer requesties......and then I will sign this one off and hopefully, if time permits, get an update off again very soon.......
PRAYER- Kids- you could pray for them in general for health, and their new school, for good friends and protection.
Staff- pray that the Lord will bring us good quality staff that will stay long term and maybe for us to get more male staff for those of us who are not married yet.....I’m not speaking for myself necessarily :-) Also pray for the staff that is here already....pray for joy, endurance, strength, renewed vision, and patience for those of us who work with the kids. Also for Penny Wilcox and her health.
Me- you can pray for discipline, good friends and that I would learn thai really quickly and easily. Also that I would keep the excitement of being here alive. I don’t want the enemy to steal my joy and purpose for which God called me here.

I hope this gives you a picture of what’s going on in my life here and now.......I am counting down the days till I get to see my mom and her good friend Janie. They will come in September for a couple weeks. Also I have some friends coming in July to visit me and another friend of theirs here in Chiang Rai for a couple days. Those sweet visits will carry me through until it’s time for me to come home next May to renew my visa and reestablish my support network. Thanks for reading this and sharing with me this adventure here. I love hearing from you all. So keep up the e.mails even if I am not able to get back to each one of them. Know that they are a blessing to me and keep my spirits up! I love you all and cherish you all......

Love,
Kyndra Mikelle Moore